California · Civil Code
CIV §1570: Menace consists in a threat: 1.
Misdemeanor
What this law says, in plain English
Menace is defined as a threat of duress, unlawful violent injury to person or property, or injury to character.
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Menace consists in a threat: 1. Of such duress as is specified in Subdivisions 1 and 3 of the last section; 2. Of unlawful and violent injury to the person or property of any such person as is specified in the last section; or, 3. Of injury to the character of any such person.
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